# Is anyone watching 'Baskets' on FX?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 19, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-baskets-on-fx/746519 "2016-02-19T04:07:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-baskets-on-fx/746519/1 "2016-02-19T04:07:23Z")

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I think is it very strange, and funny in a very strange way. Zach Galifiankis is a strange dude who wants to be a clown and flunks out of clown college in France. Louis Anderson plays his mom, excellently. ‘Baskets the Clown’ is married to a green card French woman but she has nothing to do with him, and he is driven around town by a deadpan woman who works for Costco. He has no money, no car, works as a rodeo clown! I find it just mesmerizing.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-baskets-on-fx/746519/2 "2016-02-19T20:43:39Z")

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No one? No one at all? ☹

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-baskets-on-fx/746519/3 "2016-02-19T20:51:27Z")

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> **[Baskets on FX](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=784301)**
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> Anybody watching this show? Funny, quirky, dark, and sad all together. I’m really enjoying it so far. I know Galifinakis’ humor can be an acquired taste but he really plays the loser character well who starts to make you feel sympathetic towards...

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-baskets-on-fx/746519/4 "2016-02-20T15:41:54Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> [Baskets on FX - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=784301)

Thanks. I did look for it here on the SD board, didn’t seem to have noticed there already was a thread.